Category Archives: Applied Philosophy

Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Every good thought or small good action brings with it the blessings of the Karma of happiness. The seed of good Karma will bear fruits that ripen into joy and success in life. But patience is very important here. There will be days when you are suddenly stuck with some difficult situation. You […]

Ancient Greek Philosophers constantly worked towards changing our perspective of the world by constantly trying to make sense of how the world worked. One of such philosophers was Plato. He worked on everything from mathematics to ethics to religion. But one of his most notable work was the Theory of Forms.

Mediocrity is the general state of humanity as it is. It is a retiredness of intelligence. Nobody wants you to be intelligent, because the more intelligent you are the more it is difficult. The more it is difficult to exploit you.

History Behind The Term The term ‘Gaslight’ is derived from the name of a 1944 Drama/Mystery film. In the movie, after the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory […]

Silence has its own music. It can be heard only by those who have dropped all noise from the head. It can be heard only from the heart, not by the head. The heady person goes on missing it. Only the person who is full of heart, full of love, can hear the music.

How can a field that seems to primarily be reserved for a few academics be used to cure the insomnia or sleepless nights of the masses?

One of the greatest works of Philosophy comes from an Emperor who lived almost 2000 years ago. Such was the nature of hiswork, that men and women throughout the ages have continued to use his work ‘Meditations’ as a guiding philosophy for life. From betrayal by his close allies, to being jailed and even facing […]

Client-centered therapy or person-centered therapy is a non-directive kind of talk therapy developed by Carl Rogers. Coming from a humanistic perspective, Rogers believed that people are innately good. He also strongly believed that people have an actualizing tendency or the ability to work towards achieving the best they can out of themselves.  And based on […]

As per OSHO, freedom has two sides and if we experience only one side of it, our freedom will not be complete. To understand this thought, let’s see what the whole psychology of freedom entails.  The first side involves freedom from a nationality, a church, an organisation, a race, a religion, a political ideology. Once […]